Spirogyra

Swan Songs 69-74

1. Magical Mary #                                 6.35
2. Island #                                              2.13
3. Happy Crew #                                   5.55
4. By The Way #                                   3.04
5. Let The Long Winds Blow               3.41
6. Grapevine #                                       3.16
7. The Last Train Leaving #                  2.52
8. The Future Won’t Be Long #            4.17
9. The River *                                      7.32
10.  Mary Don’t Be Scarred*                   5.27
11. Waves *                                           10.58
12. Sea Song * (A Folk Rock Opera)       21.01

a)     On A Summer’s Day

b)      I’m On My Way

c)      The Cosmic Explorer

d)     Sea Storm

e)     Love With You

f)       And I Feel My Feet Go

g)      Remember This Message

Martin Cockerham: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Congas

Barbara Gaskin: Vocals, *Electric Piano

Julian Cusack: # Violin, Piano

Steve Borrill: # Bass

Rick Biddulph:* Bass, Electric & Acoustic Guitar

Jon Gifford:* Flute, Clarinet, Sax, Harmonica    

‘The River’ is from a live recording made by

Goaitsen van der Vliet in Stokvishal in Arnhem, Holland March 16, 1974

The album title is also his idea! Photos for cover also by Goaitsen.

‘The River’ and ‘Sea Song’ are live recordings on the

band’s last tour. Sea Song is live in Haarlam, Electric Centre.

The Congas on ‘Waves’ were left in our basement home studio in Hammersmith

by Sally Oldfield who recorded there. The congas belonged to Mike Oldfield

who called later to get them back. ‘Waves’ got recorded in the interim,

along with ‘Mary Don’t Be Scarred’. These recordings are taken from sub-standard sources which miraculously survived. Some lyrics are incomplete.(Love With You) For a full list of completed lyrics see our web site.

All Songs Written By Martin Cockerham

There are some songs which are fresh folk versions of songs on the St Radigund's album. These are only added as extras. New previously unreleased songs make up nearly 56 minutes of this album. That's much longer alone than any of the previous studio albums. And the total running time is a massive 80 minutes.